What a nice way to start a week: an earnings report that includes the word “pleasant”. Too often, it’s all business gobbledy-gook; we all know what “pleasant” means. Not stressful, satisfactory, generally positive, moving in the right...

Earlier this week, Germany’s Mensch und Maschine Software announced preliminary results for 2016 — and they were solid, even with the perpetual to subscription transition it and its customers are working through. Total revenue in 2016 was €167 million, up...

Germany’s Mensch und Maschine today announced results for the third quarter and first 9 months of 2016 — its results are usually a good preview of what we can expect from other PLMish companies and from Autodesk, since MuM is one of its largest resellers....

Germany’s Mensch und Maschine Software released earnings today, saying that the first half of 2016 succeeded in meeting its ambitious goals. Sales for the 6 month period were €88 million, up 8%, led by M+M Software which grew 12% to €23 million. The VAR...

Now, that’s a headline. We’re all worrying about how the switch to subscriptions across the software universe affects the software creators and their reseller partners, and how many will be unable to manage the cash flow implications of the change —...

A lot of PLMish companies release earnings news and (as you no doubt know) I fall behind in writing longer posts about each. So, a compromise where I do quick summaries of a few companies while working on longer-form versions for others. This week, Mensch und Maschine...

Germany’s Mensch und Maschine (MuM) today announced that the strong growth it had seen through the first 6 months of 2015 continued in Q3, with total revenue for the year-to-date up 16% as reported to €119 million. M+M Software was up a more modest 8% to €30...

German reseller and software developer Mensch und Maschine (MuM) releases its earnings shortly before other PLM companies and often signals whether the market is doing well — if the company’s Q2 report is anything to go by, it should be a decent earnings...

A couple of things caught my eye recently, but I’ve been too wrapped up in other projects to write about them in any detail. So rather than continuing to wait until I have time, in no particular order … Reality computing seems to be taking a beating right...

Yesterday’s gloomy Trimble news wasn’t the start of a trend, it would appear. Today, Mensch und Maschine, the Autodesk VAR and developer of software under the OPEN MIND and other brands, reported that Q4 revenue was up 15% to €37 million, boosting sales...